Irene power outages in NC drop below 110,000 - AP

The power is steadily coming on across eastern North Carolina, with the outages caused by damage from Hurricane Irene now below 110,000. Progress Energy said early Wednesday about 23,000 customers were still without electricity. The Raleigh utility is targeting midnight Wednesday for restoring power ...

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